Europe’s Real Debate: Shall the People End or Transform the European Union? Part I

The message of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 is simple: The continent must democratize, rapidly, or it will collapse into authoritarianism and fascism.

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Europe Needs A Plan B: Radical Political Change Is Coming

With Yanis Varoufakis at the helm of a recent weekend gathering in Madrid, workshops and debates fed into a concluding statement that called for no less than a democratic revolution across Europe.

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Stop Trident: Why Renewing Britain’s Nuclear Weapons Program Is Plain Mad

On Saturday, the "largest demonstration in a generation" marched in London in a bid to #StopTrident, making clear the public's widespread opposition to re-launching the U.K. nuclear program.

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Unjust Punishment: Will 13 Climate Activists Face Jail Time For Heathrow Protest?

Mel Strickland and a dozen other activists cut through a security fence at London's Heathrow Airport last July and occupied one of the runways for six hours in an effort to slow the ravages of climate change.

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State Media Troubles: Is the BBC Biased, Banker-Friendly and Corrupt?

On January 6, the BBC stage-managed the resignation of MP Stephen Doughty live on its afternoon Politics Show, and Prime Minister David Cameron used the news to deflect attention away from the flood crisis in North England.

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Why Britain’s Housing Crisis Heralds the Next Financial Crash

Housing prices in London have risen by 50% in the last five years – and when the UK property bubble goes boom, it will be proportionally bigger than the U.S. housing bust at the onset of the financial crisis in 2007.

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To Put Bankers Behind Bars, Spanish Citizens Take the 1% to Court

Along with the infamous former politician and criminal bank chief Rodrigo Rato, 66 other Spanish bankers and politicians will face trial in 2016 for crimes committed before and during the financial crisis.

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Sea Change In Spanish Politics As Citizens Reclaim the City

Madrid's city council is prioritizing money for "social sustainability" and diverting €500 million into public spending, while Barcelona's city council has turned empty properties from banks into social housing.

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Spain to the Polls: Moving Away from Its Radical Platform, Podemos Has Lost Support

With national elections looming Sunday, descriptions of the party as the "best of a bad bunch" have become more common — especially among the country's vibrant citizen movements.

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Exclusive: Greece's Former President of Parliament On Why Syriza Party Broke Its Pledge to the People

“They are trying to bury us – but they forget when you bury a seed it is only going to flourish,” says Zoe Konstantopoulou, the former President of Greek Parliament.

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